The People's Republic of Hafstrand is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 593 million Hafstrandians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 57.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Hafstrandian economy, worth 12.2 trillion kroner a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 20,502 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hafstrand's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Hafstrand is ranked 157,826^th in the world and 135^th in Empire of Love for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 500.21 on the Gilded Widget Scale.